April Fool! Did any of these hoaxes get you? (Videos)

It’s April 1, and the fools are certainly rushing in. Here’s just a few of the hoaxes perpetrated on innocent readers:

• The National Republican Senatorial Committee produces a 2012 campaign ad supporting Barack Obama, which is really nice of the Republicans. It shows the president bringing people together, supporting Brazilian oil imports and riding a unicorn over a rainbow.

• Sir Richard Branson announces that Virgin has bought Pluto and will attempt to have it reinstated as a planet. The company is hoping to “bulk up” Pluto by leaching it on to asteroids in order to reach the required planetary mass.

• IKEA in Sydney unveils the HUNDSTOL, a high chair for dogs, for $59. The back of the chair has a tail hole.

• Qualcomm holds a press conference on viral Internet videos that surfaced this week appearing to show incidents of savage butterfly attacks in the United States. The company responds to reports that their own prototype of Mirasol display is responsible for triggering butterfly aggression.

• The Huffington Post follows the New York Times’ example and sets up a pay wall – but only for employees of the New York Times and people in Winnipeg, Canada. Arianna Huffington assures all other readers “full and free access to our news, information, opinion, and the rest of our rich offerings.”

• The UK Sun reports that iPads were given to five gorillas in its “Planet of the Apps” exclusive. “The super-smart gorillas quickly learned to turn the screens on and off and seem fascinated by the colours and pictures.”

• Ryanair, which calls itself the world’s favorite airlines, says it will introduce “child free” flights after a Europe-wide survey of 1,000 passengers showed that half would pay higher fares to avoid other people’s children. “When it comes to children we all love our own but would clearly prefer to avoid other people’s little monsters when traveling,” said spokesman Stephen McNamara.

“I started out originally as a spellchecker, so whenever you misspelled a word when using Google search, and it said, ‘Did you mean,’ and it gave you the spelling, that was me, typing it out,” Taylor says.”I’m a really good speller.”